# Accident 20250926015229A: Siai-Marchetti SF.260B, Billings, MT, September 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2025, 10:40 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8079° N, 108.5404° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8079&lon=-108.5404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siai-Marchetti SF.260B (registry code 8121210, https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-sf-260b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIAI-MARCHETTI SF.260B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250926015229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 AN SIAI MARCHETTE SF208B AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM BILLINGS LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBIL). DURING TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED AND BEGAN TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE DUE TO HIGH CROSSWINDS, GUST FACTOR, AND WINDSHEER. THE PILOT NOTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW TO CLIMB OUT AND PROCEEDED TO LOWER THE NOSE TO INCREASE AIRSPEED. THE PILOT NOTED A LOUD CRASHING SOUND UNDER THE AIRCAFT SHORTLY BEFORE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST.

THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A DISTANCE REMAINING SIGN SHEERING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

COMPLIANCE ACTION COMPLETED.

SAS ID NM05202600148

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR25LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA295), Sep 26, 2025: Siai-Marchetti SF260B (N272C), Billings, MT, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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